by Client Client | Sep 25, 2025 | Libyan actors
Anger and violence against migrants in Misrata spiked this week after the kidnapping of an anti-migrant activist in the city. On 25 September, the civil activist al-Muatasim Abu Jinnah was kidnapped by unidentified armed elements in Misrata. He was very active on...
by Client Client | Sep 25, 2025 | International actors
On 25 September, the Paris Criminal Court sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in jail, over an accusation of illegal funding from the former Libyan regime of Muammar Qadhafi for Sarkozy’s 2007 election campaign.
by Client Client | Sep 22, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 22 September in the evening, armed clashes erupted in Sabratha’s Dahman district after an RPG strike near a house owned by a local militia leader known as al-Kabou (‘The Capo’), who has ties to militias from Zawiyya. Fighting broke out between his affiliates,...
by Client Client | Sep 22, 2025 | Libyan actors
On several days throughout the last week, troops from Misrata – including a number of armoured vehicles – deployed to the capital area, while others redeployed from Tripoli back home. The main bases of the Misratan forces are in eastern Tajoura and...
by Client Client | Sep 22, 2025 | Libyan actors
On 22 September, an expanded security meeting took place about the situation at Mitiga airport. It was chaired by Major General Mahmoud Saeed, Undersecretary for General Affairs at the Ministry of Interior, and brought together senior officials and representatives...
by Client Client | Sep 20, 2025 | International actors
On 20 September, Spanish media report that Customs at Algerciras port in Spain unloaded up to 10 vessels that were being transported by the ship Lila Mumbai, which was detained in the waters of Ceuta at the end of August due to suspicions that it was carrying material...
by Client Client | Sep 18, 2025 | International actors
On 18 September, Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar arrived for an official visit in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. At the forefront of Haftar’s discussions with senior Saudi officials were security and political developments in Libya, the...
by Client Client | Sep 18, 2025 | International actors
On 18 September, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica published video footage and photos appearing to categorically show (reportedly for the first time) a militia allied with the Government of National Unity (GNU) participating in people smuggling in the Mediterranean...
by Client Client | Sep 17, 2025 | International actors
On 17 September, the EU Ambassador to Libya Nicola Orlando held a meeting with Mohammed Marhani, in his capacity as technical head of the Supreme Committee for Migration, together with representatives of the Ministries of Interior, Defense, and Foreign Affairs, ahead...
by Client Client | Sep 17, 2025 | Libyan actors
Despite ceasefire arrangements nominally being in place, inter-militia violence and skirmishes have continued to take place in and around Tripoli over the last week. On 17 September, the Health Services Support and Development Agency in Hay Andalus was raided by...
